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Meg Clairmonte

Meg Clairmonte was born in Barbados and grew up in British Guyana. At age twelve, she moved to Tampa, Florida, where she currently lives with her two sons. Her memoir, Ultimate Judgment (HCI), a gripping story documented with actual court transcripts, details the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered at her stepfather's hands for twenty-five years. Perhaps even more shocking are Clairmonte's allegations against her own mother, who conspired in the abuse and even facilitated it, selling her daughter into sexual and emotional slavery for financial security. Her riveting story is one of emotional corruption, obsession, and betrayal at their darkest levels, but more importantly, it is the story of human courage, resilience, and ultimate triumph.

Ultimate Judgment: A Story of Emotional Corruption, Obsession and Betrayal

by Meg Clairmonte and Aurora Mackey

When millionaire shrimping magnate Donald Sahlman died of cancer in November 1992, his friends, family and business associates crowded into a church in Tampa, Florida to mourn a man who was gentle, generous and compassionate. But their benevolent image of Sahlman was about to be shattered. In a case that would shock all who knew him and set a legal precedent, Sahlman was put on trial and posthumously charged with the heinous sexual abuse of his stepdaughter.

This is a gripping story documented with actual court transcripts as Clairmonte details the sexual and emotional abuse she suffered at her stepfather's hands for twenty-five years. Perhaps even more shocking are Clairmonte's allegations against her own mother, who conspired in the abuse and even facilitated it, selling her daughter into sexual and emotional slavery for financial security. In this precedent-setting court case, Sahlman's estate was ordered to pay Meg Clairmonte $3 million. This riveting story is one of emotional corruption, obsession and betrayal at their darkest levels, but more importantly, it is the story of human courage, resilience and ultimate triumph.